Table 2.
Ecological sites classified by site type, with a description of number of sites and their size
| Group | Site type | Study | Sites stocked | Unstocked | Site size |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface area | Depth | |||||
| 1. Localized water bodies1 | (a) Wells | Sitaraman 1976 | 10 | Four | 1.5 m2 | 1.5 to 2.5 m |
| Menon 1978 | 3402 to 3438 | 317 | Not stated | Not stated | ||
| (b) Domestic water containers | Fletcher 19922 | 68 | 60 | Not stated | Not stated | |
| Sabatinelli 19913 | 1204 | 20 | Not stated | Not stated | ||
| (c) Fishponds and man-made pools | Howard 20075 | Two | One | 72 m2 to 128 m2 | Not stated | |
| Imbahale 2011a6 | 25 | Five | Average 1 m2 | 1 m | ||
| (d) Riverbed pools below dams | Kusumawathie 2008a | 29 | 31 | 0.25 to 1 m2 | < 1 m | |
| Kusumawathie 2008b | Two areas. Site number unknown | Two areas. Number of sites unknown | Not stated | Not stated | ||
| 2. Rice field plots | Rice field plots | Nalim 1988 | Not specified | Not specified | 23.9 ha in total | Not stated |
| Kim 2002 | Three | One | 300 m2 to 600 m2 | Not stated | ||
| Yu 1989 | Four | Two | 45 m3 | 0.01 m | ||
| 3. Water canals | Water canals | Imbahale 2011a | 25 | Five | Average 15 m2 | 0.3 m |
| Mahmoud 1985 | 20 | Five | 4 km to 10 km × 2 m wide | 1 m | ||
1Includes (a) wells, (b) domestic water containers, (c) fishponds and man-made pools, and (d) riverbed pools below dams.
2Included barrels, cisterns, wells, and washbasins.
3Included ablution basins and tanks.
4The number of sites at follow-up in November 1987; Sabatinelli 1991 did not specify the number sampled at the April 1988 follow-up.
5Included fishponds only.
6Included man-made pools only.